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I would tell the russians, youre betting on the wrong guy. were going in, were going after assad, if you want to defend him youre welcome to. >> would you take more refugees into the united states? >> yes. i would ask the department of homeland security how do we vet, but i think we have a moral obligation. my goal is to address why theyre coming. theyre not coming here as illegal immigrants, theyre fleeing genocide, rape, murder, crucifixi crucifixion. i would go in on the ground and destroy is...

Destruction of the antiquities and either own threats and movements within the region, this is a very dangerous group and we need to increase the pressure on them. and we are talking about very specific ways to do that with other countries this the region. you are correct there will need to be people on the ground. im convinced there will be at the appropriate moment. and i believe that that pressure will increase and is increasing even as were talking in many different ways. >> well, youve just...

And the expansion of the drone program is based in part on growing concern among u.s. officials over the isis threat. however, it runs counter to the administrations stated goal of reversing the mill tarization of the cia and returning it to a solely intelligence role. an effort supported even by many republicans. >> thats why theyre called the intelligence agencies, and why do we call the armed forces obviously the people that are supposed to be carrying out military operations. >> the balance ...

Being attacked. the u.s. may not turn to others. >> the kurds in both syria and iraq have been exactly what weve been talking about earlier, namely a capable and motivated ground force at taking and holding territory. >> reporter: training syrian rebels, getting iraqi forces able to retake ramadi, and getting the turks to shut down the border, all essentially to winning the war on isis. >> intelligence community says its a stalemate. >> then you can report that, but im not going to try to charac...

Harms way unless you give them every opportunity to be successful. >> the senator to your right has called for 20,000 american troops in syria and iraq so far today, senator graham. ill give this question to you. why should the american people after two wars in iraq sacrifice yet again on a third war? >> if we dont stop them over there, they are coming here just as sure as i stand here in front of you. one thing i want to be clear about tonight. if youre running for president of the united state...

Praise by takesing a shot at president obama and hillary clinton in the same breath. >> if we dont stop them over there, theyre coming here as sure as im standing here. one thing i want to be clear f. youre running for president of united states and you dont understand we need more american ground forces in iraq and that america has to be part of a regional ground force to go into syria and destroy isis in syria, youre not ready to be commander in chief. >> president obama and secretary clinton ...

America has to be part of a regional ground force that will go into syria and destroy imogen lloyd webber in syria, then youre not ready to be commander-in-chief and youre not serious about destroying isis. >> hes interesting to watch. tonight it felt like he was between bursting into tears and falling asleep. he didnt do a good job. that said, thats a remarkable statement for a presidential candidate. a litmus test issue for any republican candidate. that would be the thing that could generate ...

Lot of interest in. they have 2 million refugees. if we establish no-fly zone and safe zone they will move refugees back into syria. well see if that moves this administration in that direction. if that starts to happen, then we are on our way to making some positive impact in syria. right now we have no ground force thats effective and no plans to defeat isis in syria. this is a step in that direction but a lot more has to come. martha: it could be a game changer. general keane thank you. bill:...

>> reporter: the president has promised to degrade and destroy isis. they only trained 60 rebels? >> if isis expand into seven countries with more on the way we havent contained it and we are nowhere near defeating it. there is no plan to put together an effective ground force in syria which is necessary if you are going to defeat isis. 60 troops have been trained so far. that was pretty humiliating testimony by secretary of defense carter. what an embarrassing statistic that is after $500 milli...

For the mission? we see things like suicides. we see substance abuse, ptsd. when you overuse an organization in war, soldiers and their families suffer. and im afraid were about to do it again, leland. >> is there aside from just not doing the cuts is there anything that youre seeing being done in the army to make up for it if you will? are we getting smarter? are we getting better? are the soldiers we have better equipped? or is this just an across the board cut thats going to be detrimental? >...